Another night paddle. Very calm conditions tonight but the forecast clear skies didn’t materialise. However, I took the opportunity to play with a 50-200mm lens on the Pentax and ran through several takes of each photo making small adjustments to ISO, then exposure time to compare and contrast the results.
A reasonable moon made occasional appearance allowing me to use much quicker exposure times – around the 8-10 seconds mark which help reduce the blurring when I posed in the photo. I’ve included the four best shots. As ever, click any image to see a larger version.
P&H Cetus
Sat By P&H Cetus
Favourite Shot Of The Night
Facing Newtown Creek
Don’t forget to throw in some balanced fill flash for these shots, especially the ones where the subject (you) is facing the camera. I think silhouettes are more artistic when the subject is facing away from the camera.
Thanks for that advice Dennis – will add that to the mix next time!
Goood stuff.
I’m sure you know this, but a smaller aperture (eg f22) will bring the background lights into sharper relief, and maybe create the ‘star’ effect, seen in this not brilliant example – http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v364/206/17/528037799/n528037799_925129_7518.jpg